JSON
JSON is a lightweight data interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write, and easy for machines to parse and generate. It is widely used for transmitting data between a server and web application as text.
JSON to Python
# Convert from JSON to Python
import json
# some JSON:
x = '{ "name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}'
# parse x:
y = json.loads(x)
# the result is a Python dictionary:
print(y["age"])
Python to JSON
# Convert from Python to JSON
import json
# a Python object (dict):
x = {
"name": "John",
"age": 30,
"city": "New York"
}
# convert into JSON:
y = json.dumps(x)
# the result is a JSON string:
print(y)